The Nairobi Hospital, a leading health care institution in the region has an excellent career opportunity for an individual who possesses a passion for excellence, strong work ethic, results oriented and committed to continuous improvement. The successful candidate will be a team player, and well informed with the ability to effectively add value to enable good outcomes in line with our Strategic Plan (2019-2024).
HEALTH AND SAFETY OFFICER REF:
TNH/HRD/HSO/11/2022
Reporting to the Quality
Coordinator, the successful candidate will be responsible for implementing,
maintaining and updating the Hospital’s occupational health and safety (QEOSH)
Programmes.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Plan
and execute OSHAS certification (ISO 45001:2018) for the Hospital and OPCs.
- Comprehensive
hazard identification and assessments for all jobs and activities in the
Hospital and OPCs.
- Specialist
job hazard analysis for all jobs/ activities in the hospital and
development of safe systems of work to address health and safety issues.
- Development
of a permit system of work for identified high-risk jobs/activities to
protect the health and safety of staff, patients, visitors, and other
stakeholders.
- Training
of staff in various departments on safe systems of work related to the
nature of activities.
- Ensure
that all the facilities are licensed with the necessary regulatory bodies
relating to health and safety.
- Ensure
that all accidents are documented, investigated and recommended
improvements implemented. This also includes reporting to regulatory
bodies. i.e. DOHSS.
- Lead
in root cause analysis for occupational health and safety incidents.
- Development
in conjunction with HOD’s key lagging and leading occupational health and
safety indicators using international benchmarks.
- In
conjunction with relevant HODs, develop mandatory occupational health and
safety policies required by statutory and regulatory requirements and
monitor compliance. Amongst these are;
o Health and safety
policy.
o Emergency response and
evacuation plan. o Radiation safety plan.
- Control
of substances hazardous to health plan.
- Fire
safety plans.
- In
liaison with a Designated Health Practitioner (DHP), plan, coordinate,
entry, exit and routine occupational medical examinations including
monitoring of the implementation of findings.
- Lead
annual plan of health and safety committee that includes;
- Designing
and delivering training on health and safety issues
- Inspections
and follow-ups
- Statutory
occupational health and safety audits and follow-ups,
- Collaborate
with third parties and contractors on site on occupational health and
safety matters.
- Develop
and implement an awareness plan for q-pulse for the following modules,
i.e. inspections, occurrence and incident for effective use and uptake in
the following areas of the Hospital;
- Galleria,
Warwick, Capital Centre, Southfield, Rosslyn Riviera and Kiambu OPCs
- A&E,
Division of Clinical Services, PMC, Radiology, Oncology, Medical Records,
Human Resources, Finance, Procurement, Credit Control, Security,
Engineering, M&CS, Catering, Laundry, College of Health Sciences,
CEO’s Administration.
- Schedule
and execute quarterly OHS & Fire safety inspections in all OPCs, all
departments/ sections in the Main Hospital.
- Train
inspectors, track inspections and ensure corrective action plans for Occupational
Health and Safety emerging issues have been developed, implemented and
hoisted in q-pulse.
- Train
Inspectors, track inspections and ensure corrective action plans have been
developed, implemented and hoisted in q-pulse.
- Develop
action trackers in q-pulse and follow them through with respective HODs
for the following regulatory audits;
- Directorate
of Occupational Health and Safety Services (DOHSS) OHS and fire safety
audits for six (6) OPCs and main Hospital.
- OHS
regulatory tests
- Create,
hoist OHS standard operating procedures (SOPs) and track review for timely
escalation to HODs.
- Run
on weekly and monthly basis OHS q-pulse analysis dashboards for escalation
to HODs
- Any
other responsibilities that may be assigned to the job holder by the
supervisor from time to time.
Qualifications
- Bachelor
of science degree in occupational health and safety.
- Minimum
five (5) years’ experience in occupational health and safety.
- Professional
certification either by NEMA, DOHSS or NEBOSH.
- Experience
in implementation of health and safety management systems; Kaizen/ 5S,
OSHA 2007 and ISO 45001:2018.
- Quality
systems training on QMS, EMS and ISO 45001:2018.
Core competences
- Ability
to interpret standards and relate to actual practice.
- Strong
interpersonal skills, for negotiating changes in the workplace and
influencing others to adopt them.
- An
understanding of health and safety legislation and how to interpret it.
- Sound
knowledge of technical and operational processes.
- The
ability to think ahead and anticipate potential problems.
- Presentation
skills in order to lead training sessions.
- Ability
to communicate complex information in a straight forward way
- A
thorough and methodical approach.
- A
cutting edge in timely follow-up.
- High
level of integrity.
- Detail-orienteded.
- Ability
to work on own initiative.
- Flair
for high-performance standards.
- Ability
to manage workload and prioritize effectively.
- Co-operative
and diligent.
How to Apply
If your background,
experience and competence match the above specifications, please send us your
application (cover letter & CV/Resume) quoting the job reference number,
your current remuneration, testimonials and full contact details of 3 referees,
to reach the undersigned not later than 15th December 2022.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We shall ONLY accept ONLINE applications
and contact SHORTLISTED candidates.
The Nairobi Hospital does NOT charge recruitment fees.
Human Resources Manager
The Nairobi Hospital
P.O. Box 30026 – 00100
NAIROBI
Email: recruitment@nbihosp.org